Changes in facets of mindfulness and posttraumatic stress disorder treatment outcome

Matthew Tyler Boden; Amit Bernstein; Robyn D. Walser; Leena Bui; Jennifer Alvarez; Marcel O. Bonn-Miller

doi:10.1016/j.psychres.2012.07.011

Changes in facets of mindfulness and posttraumatic stress disorder treatment outcome

Matthew Tyler Boden, Amit Bernstein, Robyn D. Walser, Leena Bui, Jennifer Alvarez, Marcel O. Bonn-Miller

Department of Psychology

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Abstract

Though there has been a recent surge of interest in the relations between facets of mindfulness and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), there has been a dearth of empirical studies investigating the impact of changes in facets of mindfulness on PTSD treatment outcomes. The present study tested the prospective associations between pre- to post-treatment changes in facets of mindfulness and PTSD and depression severity at treatment discharge, among 48 military Veterans in residential PTSD treatment adhering to a cognitive-behavioral framework. Together, changes in facets of mindfulness significantly explained post-treatment PTSD and depression severity (19-24% of variance). Changes in acting with awareness explained unique variance in post-treatment PTSD severity and changes in nonjudgmental acceptance explained unique variance in post-treatment depression severity. These results remained significant after adjusting for shared variance with length of treatment stay.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	609-613
Number of pages	5
Journal	Psychiatry Research
Volume	200
Issue number	2-3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2012.07.011
State	Published - 30 Dec 2012

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
Dr. Bernstein recognizes the funding support from the Israeli Council for Higher Education Yigal Alon Fellowship, the European Union FP-7 Marie Curie Fellowship International Reintegration Grant, Psychology Beyond Borders Mission Award, the Rothschild-Caesarea Foundation's Returning Scientists Project at the University of Haifa, and a NIH Clinical LRP. This work was also supported by a Veterans Affairs Clinical Science Research and Development (CSR&D) Career Development Award-2, and California HIV/AIDS Research Program IDEA Award ( 163836 ), Granted to Dr. Bonn-Miller. The expressed views do not necessarily represent those of the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Keywords

Acceptance
Awareness
Mindfulness
PTSD
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
Treatment outcome

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Psychiatry and Mental health
Biological Psychiatry

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